Blazers Win
Portland Trail Blazers captured the stronger long-term value in the 1980-10-08 transaction; Los Angeles Lakers' return of Jim Brewer; Blazers option to swap 1984 draft picks with Lakers (not exercised) did not match 1984 second-round pick (#46-Jerome Kersey); Blazers option to swap 1984 draft picks with Lakers (not exercised).
Los Angeles Lakers Received
- Player Jim Brewer
- Pick Swap Blazers option to swap 1984 draft picks with Lakers (not exercised)
Portland Trail Blazers Received
- Draft Pick 1984 second-round pick (#46- Jerome Kersey )
- Pick Swap Blazers option to swap 1984 draft picks with Lakers (not exercised)
Trade Analysis
Los Angeles Lakers received Jim Brewer; Blazers option to swap 1984 draft picks with Lakers (not exercised) and sent 1984 second-round pick (#46-Jerome Kersey); Blazers option to swap 1984 draft picks with Lakers (not exercised) in the transaction with Portland Trail Blazers. The outgoing second-round pick became Jerome Kersey, a long-term high-level rotation player, while Jim Brewer gave Los Angeles limited value. The counterpart retained a clear realized-value edge, reflected in the C/A grade pairing. The evaluation is retrospective: it weighs what the players and draft assets actually became, while still considering role, age, contract timing, competitive-window fit and identifiable downstream asset conversion.